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I’m a Yorkshire lad (pronounced York–sha) born and bred. Grew up eating scotch eggs and lard sarnies with crisps (chips) for Saturday (pronounced Sat-day) tea (evening meal). So when I learned there was a British…
Posted by: Matt SamyciaWood on Friday, July 3rd, 2009
Categories: Worship | Tags: butcher, English, meat, sausage, scotch eggs | 2 Comments »
You ever have one of those Saturdays when a slot of time opens up and you can combine three or four things all at once? So it was this Saturday when I needed to go out and grab some sausages for Father’s Day, my…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Monday, June 22nd, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: bacon, barbeque sauce, Bosa, capicollo, Casatorie, Cioffi's, Columbus Meats, dulce del leche, Gourmet Warehouse, Honeycup Mustard, italian, JNZ Deli, mil hoja, Moccia Meat Market, Oyama, Panaderia Latina Bakery, peri peri, Polonia Sausage, salumi, sausage, smoked meat | 2 Comments »
But how was the horse? Good. Variable. Okay. Some pieces were great — tender and savoury and full of flavour and juice. Some were just okay. Horse meat turns out to be very lean, with a similar texture and grain…
Posted by: James Sherrett on Friday, June 12th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: crab, dinners, ethics, horse, horse meat, horse steaks, meat, meat eating, omnivores | 8 Comments »
The topic of Easter dinner came up with some friends a few weeks ago; we were discussing what our family meal had been when we were kids. Some people said turkey, others said ham, I said lamb. I checked my…
Posted by: Denise Boyle on Thursday, April 16th, 2009
Categories: Guidance | Tags: cured meat, easter, eggs, italian, Pasta, quick, recipe | No Comments »
After 18 years as a vegetarian, I’ve started eating meat again. Why? Mostly, it’s because I love food – I love eating, I love cooking, I love shopping for food. Food for me is definitely one of…
Posted by: Denise Boyle on Sunday, April 12th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: Denise Boyle, duck, Edan Armstrong, foie-gras, meat, Vegetarian | 2 Comments »
Say hello to Wanda. Wanda was purchased by some of the men of the Foodists collective a few weeks ago. She said her farewell to her time at Sloping Hills Farm this past week and was greeted with much excitement and…
Posted by: Karen Hamilton on Saturday, March 28th, 2009
Categories: Worship | Tags: bc, butchers, butchery, canada, downtown, events, Foodists, Gastown, knives, manly men, meat, pig, pork, vancouver, wanda | 14 Comments »
We went to Bowen Island over the holidays for an open house. We ended up going back in time to take a fawn from hoof to plate in a few hours.
Posted by: James Sherrett on Wednesday, February 11th, 2009
Categories: Guidance | Tags: Bowen Island, butcher, deer, fawn, meat, story | 17 Comments »
/caption] It seems that Spam is a “love it or hate it” ingredient; it makes some smile and it makes many people gag, but it’s a selection that Steph and I often consider at our local haunts. It can be…
Posted by: Stephanie Co & Todd Smith on Wednesday, February 11th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: food, fun, instruction, Meats, recipes, Spam | 4 Comments »
Is it going overboard, frustrated food stylist-wannabe or just very VERY creative parents? A fun gallery of extraordinary bento or lunch packs that make you feel like a slacker for having a process bologna sandwich on…
Posted by: Nancy Wu on Monday, January 5th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: bento, bread, cheese, cookies, creative, eggs, Ghibli, Japanese, lotus root, lunch, luncheon meat, meat, meatballs, Miyazaki, nori, onigiri, rice, seaweed | 8 Comments »
I recently asked Mark to recommend a cookbook and without hesitation, he gave me the name of Martin Picard’s Au Pied de Cochon – The Album. When I poured over it with as much enthusiasm as he hit me with,…
Posted by: Degan on Saturday, January 3rd, 2009
Categories: Guidance | Tags: cookbook, meat pie, pork, Quebecoise, tourière | 4 Comments »
Twas three nights before Christmas and all through the house, not an idea for dinner was thought of until my pal Pete told me he was doing Shepherd’s Pie for his. On a day when Vancouver got walloped with a…
Posted by: Nancy Wu on Sunday, December 21st, 2008
Categories: Guidance | Tags: beef, homemade, meat, Mushrooms, pie, potatoe, recipe, Shepherd's, Vegetables | No Comments »
As summer 2008 fades, we’ve not slowed in our pursuit of the perfect BBQ. Of course Ben defends the purists’ approach of dry rub and slow smoking, my friend—and fellow foodie—Janice offered a recipe…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, September 11th, 2008
Categories: Guidance | Tags: BBQ, janice, meat, recipe, ribs | No Comments »
It’s not that I don’t LIKE vegetarians—I just don’t understand how they can live without bacon! So, the other day when I heard some TV host on the Food Network mention his monthly bacon delivery, I…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
Categories: Meditations | Tags: bacon, club, meat | 1 Comment »
Posted by: Andrea Busse on Friday, June 13th, 2008
Categories: Meditations | Tags: angus, Bizarre, burger, McDonalds, meat | No Comments »
Smell that? The earth coming to life, trees, flowers, smoke-fueled barbequing? I started the 2008 bbq season picking up where I left off last year experimenting with the slow cooking ribs on the Cobb. I almost got it…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Friday, April 25th, 2008
Categories: Meditations | Tags: BBQ, Cobb, hardwood_charcoal, meat, pink_smoke, slow_cooking_ribs | 3 Comments »